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High speed chase ends in arrests

A high-speed chase through Mountain View turned into a manhunt Thursday night, after the car police were pursuing collided with another vehicle and careened off the road -- crashing into a traffic control box.

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Posted by Rick
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Jun 14, 2013 at 2:16 pm

We were having dinner at Pasta outside on Castro St. at this time. Several police cars were racing at high speed heading north on Castro apparently on their way to the scene of this chase. Unbelievable that police would drive at such high speed, sirens blaring with so many diners and pedestrians in the area. I'm a big supporter of MVPD and thank them for keeping our city safe but I would hope that police exercise better judgement before putting so many people at risk.

Posted by Bruno
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 14, 2013 at 2:33 pm

I missed the part where they said Perez was an illegal. Also, Vance Howeth doesn't sound like a "Mexican" name to me. Way to be racist though! You should say the same things out loud in public so people will know you're not worthy of an adult conversation.

Thanks to MVPD for acting so quickly and arresting the suspects.Driving in castro at such high speed is a dangerous move as I have seen kids and adults walking carelessly at many places where they are not supposed to be crossing.

Posted by i
a resident of North Whisman
on Jun 15, 2013 at 1:35 ami is a registered user.

If something is happening you need to act fast. It may also mean to drive fast. They did use the sirens to warn people to get out of their way. The pursuing officer had no idea who is he dealing with and needed help. Completely understandable. Great job!!!

Posted by DavidR
a resident of another community
on Jun 15, 2013 at 3:50 pmDavidR is a registered user.

We don't know what the crooks were up to. Keep that in mind. They might have been on their way to rob a store. People could get hurt that way too. I have to wonder what they were doing in Mountain View.